Metallica’s ReLoad Returns in a Massive Remastered Deluxe Edition
Metallica is cracking open the vault again — and this time, it’s ReLoad’s turn to roar back to life. The band has officially announced that their newly remastered deluxe edition of the 1997 album will drop on June 26, which, for the record, is the day before my birthday. If anyone’s feeling generous, I’m just saying… this box set would look incredible on my shelf.
Like their previous deluxe reissues, this isn’t just a polish-and-repackage job. Metallica went all‑in. The remastered album anchors the release, but the real treasure is everything orbiting it: outtakes, demos, rough mixes, live recordings, behind‑the‑scenes footage, and a mountain of archival material that digs deep into the ReLoad era. It’s the kind of comprehensive, lovingly curated set that reminds you why these reissues have become events in their own right.
Preorders are live starting today, and early birds get a sweet bonus — a remastered version of “The Memory Remains” delivered instantly. A perfect teaser for what’s coming.
Whether you grew up blasting “Fuel” at unsafe volumes or you’re discovering this era of Metallica for the first time, this release feels like a celebration of a band that never stops revisiting, refining, and re‑sharing its history with fans. June 26 can’t get here fast enough.
Remastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, with Greg Fidelman overseeing.
The set’s 15 CDs range from the remastered album to never-before-released collections of riffs, demos & rough mixes, B-sides & rarities, and a wealth of live material.
CD 1
ReLoad (Remastered)
1. Fuel (Remastered)
2. The Memory Remains (Remastered)
3. Devil’s Dance (Remastered)
4. The Unforgiven II (Remastered)
5. Better Than You (Remastered)
6. Slither (Remastered)
7. Carpe Diem Baby (Remastered)
8. Bad Seed (Remastered)
9. Where the Wild Things Are (Remastered)
10. Prince Charming (Remastered)
11. Low Man’s Lyric (Remastered)
12. Attitude (Remastered)
13. Fixxxer (Remastered)
CD 2–5
Shadowcast
DISC ONE
1. Fuel (Riff)
2. Fuel (Riff II)
3. Fuel (Riff III)
4. Memory (The Memory Remains Riff)
5. Devil Dance (Devil’s Dance Riff)
6. Devil Dance (Devil’s Dance Riff II)
7. Better (Better Than You Riff)
8. Drivin’ (Slither Riff)
9. Drivin’ (Slither Riff II)
10. Skimpy (Carpe Diem Baby Riff)
11. Bastard (Bad Seed Riff)
12. Bastard (Bad Seed Riff II)
13. Martini (Where the Wild Things Are Riff)
14. Martini (Where the Wild Things Are Riff II)
15. Fish Tank (Prince Charming Riff)
16. Lenny (Attitude Riff)
17. Lenny (Attitude Riff II)
18. Fixer (Fixxxer Riff)
19. Bastard (Bad Seed Demo)
20. Better (Better Than You Demo)
21. Devil Dance (Devil’s Dance Demo)
22. Drivin’ (Slither Demo)
23. Fixer (Fixxxer Demo)
24. Fuel (Demo)
25. Lenny (Attitude Demo)
26. Fish Tank (Prince Charming Demo)
27. Skimpy (Carpe Diem Baby Demo)
28. Memory (The Memory Remains Demo)
29. Martini (Where the Wild Things Are Demo)
DISC TWO
1. Unforgiven 2 (The Unforgiven II Demo)
2. Mine Eyes (Low Man’s Lyric Demo)
3. Voodoo Queen (Fixxxer Vocal Idea)
4. Sweat (Attitude Vocal Idea)
5. Bad Seed (Vocal Idea)
6. Devil Dance (Devil’s Dance Vocal Idea)
7. Unforgiven 2 (The Unforgiven II Vocal Idea)
8. Mine Eyes (Low Man’s Lyric Demo from The Plant)
9. Mine Eyes (Low Man’s Lyric Demo Idea)
10. Better (Better Than You Take 7)
11. Fuel (Take 2)
12. Fish Tank (Prince Charming Take 11)
13. Drivin’ (Slither Take 12 + Take 47 Edit)
DISC THREE
1. Fixer (Fixxxer Take 4)
2. Skimpy (Carpe Diem Baby Take 11)
3. Martini (Where the Wild Things Are Take 25)
4. Lenny (Attitude Take 11)
5. Bastard (Bad Seed Take 9)
6. Devil Dance (Devil’s Dance Take 11)
7. Memory (The Memory Remains Take 18)
8. Mine Eyes (Low Man’s Lyric Take 2)
9. Unforgiven 2 (The Unforgiven II Take 4)
10. Memory (The Memory Remains Marianne Faithfull Outtake)
11. Fixer (Fixxxer Rough Mix)
12. Fuel (Fuel for Fire Rough Mix)
13. Better (Better Than You Rough Mix)
14. Fixer (Fixxxer Rough Mix)
DISC FOUR
1. Better (Better Than You Rough Mix)
2. Bad Seed (Rough Mix)
3. Martini (Where the Wild Things Are Rough Mix)
4. Unforgiven 2 (The Unforgiven II Rough Mix)
5. Fuel (Rough Mix)
6. Mine Eyes (Low Man’s Lyric Rough Mix)
7. Skimpy (Carpe Diem Baby Rough Mix)
8. Fixer (Fixxxer Intro Piece)
9. Lenny (Attitude Rough Mix)
10. Memory (The Memory Remains Rough Mix)
11. Drivin’ (Slither Rough Mix)
12. Devil Dance (Devil’s Dance Rough Mix)
13. Fish Tank (Prince Charming Rough Mix)
14. Memory (The Memory Remains Instrumental Mix)
CD 6–7
Escape from the Studio ’97 + Remixes from The Vault
DISC ONE
1. Intro Jam (Live)
2. So What (Live)
3. Master of Puppets (Live)
4. King Nothing (Live)
5. Sad But True (Live)
6. Fuel (Live)
7. Hero of the Day (Live)
8. Ain’t My Bitch (Live)
9. One (Live)
10. Until It Sleeps (Live)
11. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)
12. Wherever I May Roam (Live)
13. Nothing Else Matters (Live)
14. Enter Sandman (Live)
DISC TWO
1. Encore Jam (Live)
2. Stone Cold Crazy (Live)
3. Creeping Death (Live)
4. Battery (Live)
5. Last Caress (Live)
6. Motorbreath (Live)
Remixes from the Vault
7. For Whom the Bell Tolls (The Irony of It All)
8. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Haven’t Heard It Yet Mix)
9. Fuel (Unreleased Boymerang Viper Mix)
10. The Unforgiven (Unreleased Whipping Boy Mix)
11. Enter Sandman (Unreleased Overseer Mix)
CD 8–9
Poor Acoustic Me
DISC ONE
1. Low Man’s Lyric (Live)
2. Helpless (Live)
3. Tuesday’s Gone (Live)
4. Poor Twisted Me (Live)
5. Fade to Black (Live)
6. The Four Horsemen (Live)
7. Nothing Else Matters (Live)
8. Last Caress (Live)
9. Low Man’s Lyric (Live)
10. The Four Horsemen (Live)
11. Nothing Else Matters (Live)
DISC TWO
1. The Four Horsemen (Rehearsal)
2. Poor Twisted Me (Rehearsal)
3. Tuesday’s Gone (Rehearsal)
4. Last Caress (Rehearsal)
5. Low Man’s Lyric (Live)
6. Helpless (Live)
7. The Four Horsemen (Live)
8. Poor Twisted Me (Live)
9. Nothing Else Matters (Live)
10. On the Phone with Mike Piazza (Live)
11. Creeping Death (Live)
12. Intro to Tuesday’s Gone (Live)
13. Tuesday’s Gone (Live)
14. Last Caress (Live)
CD 10–11
Poor Australian Me ’98
DISC ONE
1. Intro Jam (Live)
2. So What (Live)
3. Master of Puppets (Live)
4. King Nothing (Live)
5. Sad But True (Live)
6. Guitar Doodle (Live)
7. Fuel (Live)
8. The Memory Remains (Live)
9. Bleeding Me (Live)
10. Bass/Guitar Doodle (Live)
11. Nothing Else Matters (Live)
12. Until It Sleeps (Live)
13. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)
DISC TWO
1. Wherever I May Roam (Live)
2. One (Live)
3. Kill / Ride Medley (Live)
4. Low Man’s Lyric (Acoustic) (Live)
5. The Four Horsemen (Acoustic) (Live)
6. Motorbreath (Acoustic) (Live)
7. Creeping Death (Live)
8. Enter Sandman (Live)
9. Battery (Live)
CD 12–13
Poor North American Me ’98
DISC ONE
1. The Ecstasy of Gold
2. Breadfan (Live)
3. Master of Puppets (Live)
4. Of Wolf and Man (Live)
5. The Thing That Should Not Be (Live)
6. Fuel (Live)
7. The Memory Remains (Live)
8. Bleeding Me (Live)
9. Bass/Guitar Doodle (Live)
10. Nothing Else Matters (Live)
11. Until It Sleeps (Live)
12. King Nothing (Live)
DISC TWO
1. Wherever I May Roam (Live)
2. One (Live)
3. Fight Fire with Fire (Live)
4. Low Man’s Lyric (Acoustic) (Live)
5. The Four Horsemen (Acoustic) (Live)
6. Last Caress (Acoustic) (Live)
7. Encore Jam (Live)
8. Sad But True (Live)
9. Enter Sandman (Live)
10. Creeping Death (Live)
CD 14–15
Poor Re-Touring Me ’97–’98
DISC ONE
1. Intro Jam (Live)
2. Helpless (Live)
3. Master of Puppets (Live)
4. Of Wolf and Man (Live)
5. The Thing That Should Not Be (Live)
6. Ain’t My Bitch (Live)
7. Fuel (Live)
8. The Memory Remains (Live)
9. Whiplash (Live)
10. King Nothing (Live)
11. Bleeding Me (Live)
12. Bass/Guitar Doodle (Live)
13. Nothing Else Matters (Live)
14. Until It Sleeps (Live)
DISC TWO
1. Devil’s Dance (Live)
2. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)
3. Wherever I May Roam (Live)
4. One (Live)
5. Fight Fire with Fire (Live)
6. Low Man’s Lyric (Acoustic) (Live)
7. Poor Twisted Me (Acoustic) (Live)
8. Motorbreath (Acoustic) (Live)
9. Encore Jam (Live)
10. Sad But True (Live)
11. Creeping Death (Live)
12. Enter Sandman (Live)
13. Encore Jam #2 (Live)
14. Damage, Inc. (Live)
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